Over the past five years a group of land grant universities (Oregon State University, Washington State University, and the University of Idaho), EPA, and other specialists have been working together to produce innovative educational programs for agricultural professionals in the Pacific Northwest. Support for the Integrated Soil Nutrient and Pest (iSNAP) Water Quality Education Project has been provided for the past three years by the USDA National Water Program. Current funding sources include the Western Region Integrated Pest Management Center, USDA Risk Management Agency, and OSU Integrated Plant Protection Center and have allowed the project to expand its scope to include events for grower audiences. To continue the benefits of the National Water Program supported efforts, the iSNAP Project is offering the sixth presentation of Integrated Pest and Nutrient Management Options: Practices to Protect Water Quality & Enhance Crop Yields workshop on November 8-9, 2006 in Corvallis, Oregon. This continually evolving curriculum is customized to the local area, crops, and water quality concerns. The target audience for the workshop is: Certified crop advisors IPM consultants Pesticide applicators Conservation planners Extension educators State and federal agency personnel Providers of relevant products or services for farmers Other land managers The purpose of the workshop is to support participants in learning how to implement the latest regional research in integrated pest management and nutrient management systems that protect water quality and crop yields. Participating in this program will enable attendees to: Evaluate pest and nutrient management alternatives in terms of economic and environmental impacts Assess the potential impacts of weather and climate on pesticide application decisions Determine effective and viable mitigation strategies to reduce off-site transport of nutrients and pesticides Locate and effectively use online tools and models Pesticide drift. Used with permission from the Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center, OSU.

Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Coordination Project Partners Land Grant Universities Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Contact Fred Sorensen: 907-786-6311 http://www.uaf.edu/ces/water/index.html University Publications: http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/ces/publications/ Idaho University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System Contact Bob Mahler: 208-885-7025 http://www.uidaho.edu/wq/wqhome.html University Publications: http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/Catalog/catalog.html Oregon Oregon State University Extension Service Contact Mike Gamroth: 541-737-3316 http://extension.oregonstate.edu/ University Publications: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/ Washington Washington State University WSU Extension Contact Bob Simmons: 360-427-9670 ext. 690 http://wawater.wsu.edu/ University Publications: http://pubs.wsu.edu/ Northwest Indian College Contact Michael Cochrane: 360-392-4299 mcochrane@nwic.edu or http://www.nwic.edu/ Water Resource Research Institutes Water and Environmental Research Center (Alaska) http://www.uaf.edu/water/ Idaho Water Resources Research Institute http://www.boise.uidaho.edu/ Institute for Water and Watersheds (Oregon) http://water.oregonstate.edu/ State of Washington Water Research Center http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/ Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Region 10 The Pacific Northwest http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/ Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Laboratory http://www.epa.gov/wed/ For more information contact Jan Seago at 206-553-0038 or seago.jan@epa.gov
	Workshop Agenda Wednesday November 8, 2006 Pesticides in the Agricultural Environment: USGS Results from Oregon and Washington, Hank Johnson, USGS Pesticide Properties Influence Environmental Fate and Water Resource Contamination, Jeff Jenkins, OSU Pesticide Application Technology and Drift Management, Paul Jepson, OSU Vegetative Buffers: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Sandy Halstead, US EPA Weather Models and Pest Management Decision Timing, Len Coop, OSU Making It Real: Pest Management Case Studies in Vegetable and Grass Seed Systems, John Luna, Ed Peachey, Paul Jepson, OSU and Sandy Halstead, EPA Tuning IPM Programs to Meet Water Quality and Grower Objectives, Paul Jepson, OSU Thursday November 9, 2006 Benefits and Limitations of Nutrient Management Plans, Dan Sullivan, OSU Implementing Improved Nitrogen Management Practices on High Value Vegetable Crops, Tim Hartz, UC Davis Managing Nutrients and Salts Using Industrial and Irrigation Waters, Don Horneck, OSU What We Are Learning from Organic Farms about Nitrogen Management, Dan Sullivan, OSU From Deficiency to Excess: Maintaining Production with Reduced Phosphorus Inputs, Tim Hartz, UC Davis Nutrient Management: The Next Generation, Dan Sullivan, OSU Current Nutrient Management Research, Don Horneck, OSU To register for this program or to learn more about the project, please visit the iSNAP website at isnap.oregonstate.edu or contact Mary Staben at 541-737-2683 or mary.staben@oregonstate.edu. The iSNAP Project plans to offer this program once a year in the Northwest. This winter a series of workshops in Oregon and Washington will focus on practices and tools that can reduce risk in pest management. Another way the iSNAP Project supports locally-relevant education is through the development of online self-study exams for Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs). These Northwest Extension-publication based exams offer an affordable and immediate way for Northwest CCAs to get recertification credits that are relevant to the work they do. The exams are available through the American Society of Agronomy web site or visit the iSNAP web site for a direct link to the exams.
	National Water Quality Program Areas The four land grant universities in the Pacific Northwest have aligned our water resource extension and research efforts with eight themes of the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension System. Animal Waste Management Drinking Water and Human Health Environmental Restoration Nutrient and Pesticide Management Pollution Assessment and Prevention Watershed Management Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Management Water Policy and Economics
	CSREES is the Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension Service, a sub-agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, and is the federal partner in this water quality program.

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